Monday, January 11, 2016

Every Netflix Category ,Part 1

The Netflix ID Bible – Every Category on Netflix

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THE Netflix ID Bible - Every category on Netflix


One of the complaints we often hear from our users is they actually spend more time looking for content rather than watching it. This quick little Netflix hack aims to help fix this problem.  While Netflix is becoming better at predicting what you want to watch, sometimes a specific category can be hard to find.
How this works is you grab the url from the Netflix search page:
http://www.netflix.com/WiAltGenre?agid=INSERTNUMBER 
New url is  http://www.netflix.com/browse/genre/INSERTNUMBER
Simply insert the number of the specific category you want to view.
Below is a list of all the niche categories you can find on netflix. Don’t miss the expanded list with even more categories & direct links on Page 2.
Make sure you bookmark this page as it will be updated when new categories are added.
Editor’s Note: This works for EVERY Netflix region! Also please note pages 2 & 3 contain around 20,000 Netflix genre codes and may take a second to load.

action-and-adventure-netflix-id
1365 = Action & Adventure
77232 = Asian Action Movies
46576 = Classic Action & Adventure
43040 = Action Comedies
43048 = Action Thrillers
8985 = Martial Arts Movies
2125 = Military Action & Adventure
7442 = Adventures
10118 = Comic Book and Superhero Movies
7700 = Westerns
10702 = Spy Action & Adventure
9584 = Crime Action & Adventure
11828 = Foreign Action & Adventure
anime-netflix-ids
7424 = Anime
11881 = Adult Animation
2653 = Anime Action
9302 = Anime Comedies
452 = Anime Dramas
3063 = Anime Features
2729 = Anime Sci-Fi
10695 = Anime Horror
11146 = Anime Fantasy
6721 = Anime Series
children-and-family
783 = Children & Family Movies
6796 = Movies for ages 0 to 2
6218 = Movies for ages 2 to 4
5455 = Movies for ages 5 to 7
561 = Movies for ages 8 to 10
6962 = Movies for ages 11 to 12
10659 = Education for Kids
67673 = Disney
10056 = Movies based on children’s books
51056 = Family Features
11177 = TV Cartoons
27346 = Kids’ TV
52843 = Kids Music
5507 = Animal Tales
classic-movies-id-netflix
31574 = Classic Movies
31694 = Classic Comedies
29809 = Classic Dramas
47147 = Classic Sci-Fi & Fantasy
46588 = Classic Thrillers
7687 = Film Noir
48744 = Classic War Movies
52858 = Epics
32473 = Classic Foreign Movies
53310 = Silent Movies
47465 = Classic Westerns
comedies-id-netflix
6548 = Comedies
869 = Dark Comedies
4426 = Foreign Comedies
1402 = Late Night Comedies
26 = Mockumentaries
2700 = Political Comedies
9702 = Screwball Comedies
5286 = Sports Comedies
11559 = Stand-up Comedy
3519 = Teen Comedies
4922 = Satires
5475 = Romantic Comedies
10256 = Slapstick Comedies
7627 = Cult Movies
8195 = B-Horror Movies
1252 = Campy Movies
10944 = Cult Horror Movies
4734 = Cult Sci-Fi & Fantasy
9434 = Cult Comedies
4195 = Independent Comedies
documentaries
6839 = Documentaries
3652 = Biographical Documentaries
9875 = Crime Documentaries
5161 = Foreign Documentaries
5349 = Historical Documentaries
4006 = Military Documentaries
180 = Sports Documentaries
90361 = Music & Concert Documentaries
1159 = Travel & Adventure Documentaries
7018 = Political Documentaries
10005 = Religious Documentaries
2595 = Science & Nature Documentaries
3675 = Social & Cultural Documentaries
drama-netflix-ids2
5763 = Dramas
3179 = Biographical Dramas
29809 = Classic Dramas
528582748 = Courtroom Dramas
6889 = Crime Dramas
4961 = Dramas based on Books
3653 = Dramas based on real life
6384 = Tearjerkers
2150 = Foreign Dramas
7243 = Sports Dramas
500 = Gay & Lesbian Dramas
384 = Independent Dramas
9299 = Teen Dramas
11 = Military Dramas
12123 = Period Pieces
6616 = Political Dramas
1255 = Romantic Dramas
5012 = Showbiz Dramas
3947 = Social Issue Dramas
26835 = Faith & Spirituality
52804 = Faith & Spirituality Movies
2760 = Spiritual Documentaries
751423 = Kids Faith & Spirituality
384 = Independent Dramas
 foreign-movies-netflix-ids
7462 = Foreign Movies
29764 = Art House Movies
11828 = Foreign Action & Adventure
32473 = Classic Foreign Movies
4426 = Foreign Comedies
5161 = Foreign Documentaries
2150 = Foreign Dramas
8243 = Foreign Gay & Lesbian Movies
8654 = Foreign Horror Movies
6485 = Foreign Sci-Fi & Fantasy
10306 = Foreign Thrillers
7153 = Romantic Foreign Movies
3761 = African Movies
5230 = Australian Movies
262 = Belgian Movies
5685 = Korean Movies
1613 = Latin American Movies
5875 = Middle Eastern Movies
63782 = New Zealand Movies
11567 = Russian
9292 = Scandinavian Movies
9196 = Southeast Asian Movies
58741 = Spanish Movies
61115 = Greek Movies
58886 = German Movies
58807 = French Movies
5254 = Eastern European Movies
10606 = Dutch Movies
58750 = Irish Movies
10398 = Japanese Movies
8221 = Italian Movies
10463 = Indian Movies
3960 = Chinese Movies
10757 = British Movies
 horror-movies-netflix
8711 = Horror Movies
8195 = B-Horror Movies
6895 = Creature Features
10944 = Cult Horror Movies
45028 = Deep Sea Horror Movies
8654 = Foreign Horror Movies
89585 = Horror Comedy
947 = Monster Movies
8646 = Slasher and Serial Killer Movies
42023 = Supernatural Horror Movies
52147 = Teen Screams
75804 = Vampire Horror Movies
75930 = Werewolf Horror Movies
75405 = Zombie Horror Movies
6998 = Satanic Stories
7077 = Independent Movies
11079 = Experimental Movies
11804 = Independent Action & Adventure
3269 = Independent Thrillers
9916 = Romantic Independent Movies
 musicals-netflix-ids
1701 = Music
52843 = Kids Music
1105 = Country & Western/Folk
10271 = Jazz & Easy Listening
10741 = Latin Music
9472 = Urban & Dance Concerts
2856 = World Music Concerts
3278 = Rock & Pop Concerts
13335 = Musicals
32392 = Classic Musicals
59433 = Disney Musicals
13573 = Showbiz Musicals
55774 = Stage Musicals
 romance-netflix-ids
8883 = Romantic Movies
502675 = Romantic Favorites
36103 = Quirky Romance
9916 = Romantic Independent Movies
7153 = Romantic Foreign Movies
1255 = Romantic Dramas
35800 = Steamy Romantic Movies
31273 = Classic Romantic Movies
5475 = Romantic Comedies
sci-fi-and-fantasy-netflix-ids
1492 = Sci-Fi & Fantasy
1568 = Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy
3327 = Alien Sci-Fi
47147 = Classic Sci-Fi & Fantasy
4734 = Cult Sci-Fi & Fantasy
9744 = Fantasy Movies
6926 = Sci-Fi Adventure
3916 = Sci-Fi Dramas
1694 = Sci-Fi Horror Movies
11014 = Sci-Fi Thrillers
6485 = Foreign Sci-Fi & Fantasy
sports-netflix-ids
4370 = Sports Movies
5286 = Sports Comedies
180 = Sports Documentaries
7243 = Sports Dramas
12339 = Baseball Movies
12803 = Football Movies
12443 = Boxing Movies
12549 = Soccer Movies
6695 = Martial Arts, Boxing & Wrestling
12762 = Basketball Movies
9327 = Sports & Fitness
thrillers
8933 = Thrillers
43048 = Action Thrillers
46588 = Classic Thrillers
10499 = Crime Thrillers
10306 = Foreign Thrillers
3269 = Independent Thrillers
31851 = Gangster Movies
5505 = Psychological Thrillers
10504 = Political Thrillers
9994 = Mysteries
11014 = Sci-Fi Thrillers
9147 = Spy Thrillers
972 = Steamy Thrillers
11140 = Supernatural Thrillers
tv-shows-netflix-ids
83 = TV Shows
52117 = British TV Shows
46553 = Classic TV Shows
26146 = Crime TV Shows
74652 = Cult TV Shows
72436 = Food & Travel TV
27346 = Kids’ TV
67879 = Korean TV Shows
4814 = Miniseries
25804 = Military TV Shows
52780 = Science & Nature TV
10673 = TV Action & Adventure
10375 = TV Comedies
10105 = TV Documentaries
11714 = TV Dramas
83059 = TV Horror
4366 = TV Mysteries
1372 = TV Sci-Fi & Fantasy
9833 = Reality TV
60951 = Teen TV Shows

Expanded list with even more categories & links on Page 2 & 3

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Netflix Streaming by Alternate Genres (Extended List)

Action & Adventure (1365)
Asian Action Movies (77232)
Classic Action & Adventure (46576)
Action Comedies (43040)
Action Thrillers (43048)
Adventures (7442)
Comic Book and Superhero Movies (10118)
Westerns (7700)
Spy Action & Adventure (10702)
Crime Action & Adventure (9584)
Foreign Action & Adventure (11828)
Martial Arts Movies (8985)
Military Action & Adventure (2125)
Anime (7424)
Adult Animation (11881)
Anime Action (2653)
Anime Comedies (9302)
Anime Dramas (452)
Anime Features (3063)
Anime Sci-Fi (2729)
Anime Horror (10695)
Anime Fantasy (11146)
Anime Series (6721)
Children & Family Movies (783)
Movies for ages 0 to 2 (6796)
Movies for ages 2 to 4 (6218)
Movies for ages 5 to 7 (5455)
Movies for ages 8 to 10 (561)
Movies for ages 11 to 12 (6962)
Education for Kids (10659)
Disney (67673)
Movies based on children’s books (10056)
Family Features (51056)
TV Cartoons (11177)
Kids’ TV (27346)
Kids Music (52843)
Animal Tales (5507)
Classic Movies (31574)
Classic Comedies (31694)
Classic Dramas (29809)
Classic Sci-Fi & Fantasy (47147)
Classic Thrillers (46588)
Film Noir (7687)
Classic War Movies (48744)
Epics (52858)
Classic Foreign Movies (32473)
Silent Movies (53310)
Classic Westerns (47465)
Comedies (6548)
Dark Comedies (869)
Foreign Comedies (4426)
Late Night Comedies (1402)
Mockumentaries (26)
Political Comedies (2700)
Screwball Comedies (9702)
Sports Comedies (5286)
Stand-up Comedy (11559)
Teen Comedies (3519)
Satires (4922)
Romantic Comedies (5475)
Slapstick Comedies (10256)
Cult Movies (7627)
B-Horror Movies (8195)
Campy Movies (1252)
Cult Horror Movies (10944)
Cult Sci-Fi & Fantasy (4734)
Cult Comedies (9434)
Documentaries (6839)
Biographical Documentaries (3652)
Crime Documentaries (9875)
Foreign Documentaries (5161)
Historical Documentaries (5349)
Military Documentaries (4006)
Sports Documentaries (180)
Music & Concert Documentaries (90361)
Travel & Adventure Documentaries (1159)
Political Documentaries (7018)
Religious Documentaries (10005)
Science & Nature Documentaries (2595)
Social & Cultural Documentaries (3675)
Dramas (5763)
Biographical Dramas (3179)
Classic Dramas (29809)
Courtroom Dramas (528582748)
Crime Dramas (6889)
Dramas based on Books (4961)
Dramas based on real life (3653)
Tearjerkers (6384)
Foreign Dramas (2150)
Sports Dramas (7243)
Gay & Lesbian Dramas (500)
Independent Dramas (384)
Teen Dramas (9299)
Military Dramas (11)
Period Pieces (12123)
Political Dramas (6616)
Romantic Dramas (1255)
Showbiz Dramas (5012)
Social Issue Dramas (3947)
Faith & Spirituality (26835)
Faith & Spirituality Movies (52804)
Spiritual Documentaries (2760)
Kids Faith & Spirituality (751423)
Foreign Movies (7462)
Art House Movies (29764)
Foreign Action & Adventure (11828)
Classic Foreign Movies (32473)
Foreign Comedies (4426)
Foreign Documentaries (5161)
Foreign Dramas (2150)
Foreign Gay & Lesbian Movies (8243)
Foreign Horror Movies (8654)
Foreign Sci-Fi & Fantasy (6485)
Foreign Thrillers (10306)
Romantic Foreign Movies (7153)
African Movies (3761)
Australian Movies (5230)
Belgian Movies (262)
Korean Movies (5685)
Latin American Movies (1613)
Middle Eastern Movies (5875)
New Zealand Movies (63782)
Russian (11567)
Scandinavian Movies (9292)
Southeast Asian Movies (9196)
Spanish Movies (58741)
Greek Movies (61115)
German Movies (58886)
French Movies (58807)
Eastern European Movies (5254)
Dutch Movies (10606)
Irish Movies (58750)
Japanese Movies (10398)
Italian Movies (8221)
Indian Movies (10463)
Chinese Movies (3960)
British Movies (10757)
Gay & Lesbian Movies (5977)
Gay & Lesbian Comedies (7120)
Gay & Lesbian Dramas (500)
Romantic Gay & Lesbian Movies (3329)
Foreign Gay & Lesbian Movies (8243)
Gay & Lesbian Documentaries (4720)
Gay & Lesbian TV Shows (65263)
Horror Movies (8711)
B-Horror Movies (8195)
Creature Features (6895)
Cult Horror Movies (10944)
Deep Sea Horror Movies (45028)
Foreign Horror Movies (8654)
Horror Comedy (89585)
Monster Movies (947)
Slasher and Serial Killer Movies (8646)
Supernatural Horror Movies (42023)
Teen Screams (52147)
Vampire Horror Movies (75804)
Werewolf Horror Movies (75930)
Zombie Horror Movies (75405)
Satanic Stories (6998)
Independent Movies (7077)
Experimental Movies (11079)
Independent Action & Adventure (11804)
Independent Thrillers (3269)
Romantic Independent Movies (9916)
Independent Comedies (4195)
Independent Dramas (384)
Music (1701)
Kids Music (52843)
Country & Western/Folk (1105)
Jazz & Easy Listening (10271)
Latin Music (10741)
Urban & Dance Concerts (9472)
World Music Concerts (2856)
Rock & Pop Concerts (3278)
Musicals (13335)
Classic Musicals (32392)
Disney Musicals (59433)
Showbiz Musicals (13573)
Stage Musicals (55774)
Romantic Movies (8883)
Romantic Favorites (502675)
Quirky Romance (36103)
Romantic Independent Movies (9916)
Romantic Foreign Movies (7153)
Romantic Dramas (1255)
Steamy Romantic Movies (35800)
Classic Romantic Movies (31273)
Romantic Comedies (5475)
Sci-Fi & Fantasy (1492)
Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy (1568)
Alien Sci-Fi (3327)
Classic Sci-Fi & Fantasy (47147)
Cult Sci-Fi & Fantasy (4734)
Fantasy Movies (9744)
Sci-Fi Adventure (6926)
Sci-Fi Dramas (3916)
Sci-Fi Horror Movies (1694)
Sci-Fi Thrillers (11014)
Foreign Sci-Fi & Fantasy (6485)
Sports Movies (4370)
Sports Comedies (5286)
Sports Documentaries (180)
Sports Dramas (7243)
Baseball Movies (12339)
Football Movies (12803)
Boxing M10499ovies (12443)
Soccer Movies (12549)
Martial Arts, Boxing & Wrestling (6695)
Basketball Movies (12762)
Sports & Fitness (9327)
Thrillers (8933)
Action Thrillers (43048)
Classic Thrillers (46588)
Crime Thrillers (10499)
Foreign Thrillers (10306)
Independent Thrillers (3269)
Gangster Movies (31851)
Psychological Thrillers (5505)
Political Thrillers (10504)
Mysteries (9994)
Sci-Fi Thrillers (11014)
Spy Thrillers (9147)
Steamy Thrillers (972)
Supernatural Thrillers (11140)
TV Shows (83)
British TV Shows (52117)
Classic TV Shows (46553)
Crime TV Shows (26146)
Cult TV Shows (74652)
Food & Travel TV (72436)
Kids’ TV (27346)
Korean TV Shows (67879)
Miniseries (4814)
Military TV Shows (25804)
Science & Nature TV (52780)
TV Action & Adventure (10673)
TV Comedies (10375)
TV Documentaries (10105)
TV Dramas (11714)
TV Horror (83059)
TV Mysteries (4366)
TV Sci-Fi & Fantasy (1372)
Reality TV (9833)
Teen TV Shows (60951)
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How to use Android on yoyr computer.

How to run Android on any computer, just like Windows

By  on Jan 10, 2016 at 9:00 AM
APPS & SOFTWARE
 
Android Windows PC Mac Remix OSImage Source: Jide
Say you need to run Android apps on an actual computer, be it a laptop or a desktop. What do you do? One option starting this week will be to download Remix OS and run it free of charge on whatever PC you might have around the house.We’ve talked about the operating system in the past. Remix OS is an Android fork that brings over a Windows-like Android experience. Jide, the company founded by former Googlers, manufactured special hardware for Remix OS, but it has decided to make the operating system available free of charge for anyone looking to run Android on their computer.
Starting January 12th, you’ll be able to download Remix OS from Jide, and then run it on any x86 computer.
You’ll need an FAT32 USB 3.0 flash drive with at least 8GB of free storage on it, and that’s it. Just restart your computer and boot directly from that USB drive. At that point, you’ll run Android on your computer, complete with an interface that will remind you of good old Windows. Take the drive with you and you’ll have an Android computer in your pocket that will work on most x86 PCs out there. And yes, before you ask, it’ll even work on some Macs.
You’ll be able to log into your Google account, install apps, and do everything else you’d do on a smartphone or tablet running Android. But you’ll do it with the help of a keyboard and mouse. For now, you’ll get access to Remix OS 2.0 based on Lollipop, but a Marshmallow version should follow.
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Monday, June 29, 2015

Flac files explained

What is FLAC? The high-def MP3 explained

CNET explains what FLAC is, as well as where to buy music in the FLAC format, and how to play it on your iPhone, computer, or MP3 player.
FLAC is a music format that offers true CD quality and is playable on everything from Sonos to iOS.Sarah Tew/CNET
In the late 1990s, one of the original portable music file formats -- the MP3 -- was causing quite a bit of bother. It had earned itself a reputation as a pirate format, and this was mainly due to the sharing site Napster, which was at the height of its notoriety. While MP3 inevitably prevailed, there is a much better choice for high-quality music, and it's gaining in popularity.
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Having enjoyed some exposure due to the official release of the PonoPlayer and affiliated web store, FLAC is a musical file format that offers bit-perfect copies of CDs except at half the size. It is compatible with many phones (including the iPhone -- with an app), portable music players (PMP) including thePonoPlayer, and hi-fi components. FLAC files are available for roughly the same price as the equivalent MP3 in online stores and sound much better.
To see where FLAC has come from and where it is headed, you only need to look at the history of its "lossy" predecessor, the MP3. Though MP3.com was one of the first sites to sell MP3s in 1999, dedicated players like the Rio PMP300 were subject to legal action by record companies. Yet when theiPod was released in 2001, it helped to legitimize the format, and today MP3s are now sold by most online music stores. (Disclosure: MP3.com no longer sells MP3s and is now owned by CBS Interactive, parent company of CNET.)

FLAC, ahh-ahhh, it'll save every one of us*

Until recently, the music format FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) enjoyed a similar "pirates-only" reputation to MP3 because of its lack of DRM, but it has the potential to reach a larger audience than just audiophiles and tech enthusiasts. Currently, record labels like Merge and Warner are on board with the format, and consumers can buy music from acts such as M. Ward and the Grammy-winning Arcade Fire -- for the same price as the iTunes Store.
FLAC first emerged in 2001 as an open-source alternative to other lossless formats emerging at the time. These included Apple Lossless (ALAC), Microsoft's WAV (Waveform Audio Format), and WMA Lossless. But these competitive formats do have their disadvantages. While ALAC has a loyal following among iPod and iPhone users, it hasn't seen much uptake outside of Apple. The WAV format is more popular, and it's also compatible with iOS devices, but its biggest problems are that file sizes are very large and it can't retain "tag" data -- artist, album name, lyrics, and so on -- in the way the other formats can. FLAC, on the other had, not only supports tags but is also compatible with many different types of equipment -- minus one as we'll see, though there are simple workarounds.
*apologies to Queen
Media Monkey -- pictured with the MonkeyFlow plug-in -- is a FLAC player and ripper for PC.Screenshot by Ty Pendlebury/CNET

What's the difference between MP3 and FLAC?

MP3 is a lossy format, which means parts of the music are shaved off to reduce the file size to a more compact level. It is supposed to use "psychoacoustics" to delete overlapping sounds, but it isn't always successful. Typically, cymbals, reverb and guitars are the sounds most affected by MP3 compression and can sound really distorted or "crunchy" when poorly ripped or overly compressed.
Like MP3 before it, FLAC has been embraced by the music industry as a cost-effective way to distribute CD-or-better-quality music, and it doesn't have the auditory problems of MP3s. FLAC is lossless and more like a ZIP file -- theoretically, it comes out sounding the same when it is unzipped. In hi-fi terms, MP3 is to Sony's MiniDisc format as FLAC is to CD.
The Cowon Plenue 1 is a high-end FLAC playerSarah Tew/CNET
While FLAC still uses up to six times the volume of MP3, the advantage is that more information is retained, leading to an audible boost in quality. Previously the only way to get "lossless" files was with the uncompressed CD formats CDA or WAV, which use over twice as much space as FLAC. Furthermore, FLAC is not just restricted to CD quality, and you can buy files up to 24-bit/192kHz for another potential boost in performance. While the effects of better-than-CD quality are highly debated, companies like Pono stake their reputations on its benefits.
But regardless of whether you are using 16- or 24-bit quality files, FLAC is here to stay. A post on Bowers & Wilkins' Society of Sound blog cites Malcolm Hawksford, professor of psychoacoustics at Essex University: "FLAC has a place in the future for high-quality audio. It is good for transporting files on the Internet as it typically halves download time. It is unlikely that for lossless compression there will be significant improvements."
While physical discs are still popular, their usefulness will eventually be eclipsed by the convenience of purely digital files: whether that means streaming or software files stored on your network or in the cloud. The lack of DRM in FLAC means you can make as many copies of the file for your personal use that you want, and you don't have to worry about the physical discs degrading -- yes, disc rot is real. While FLAC will probably never be as popular a format as CD and DVD were in their heydays, it's quickly become the format of choice for people who care about sound quality.

FLAC versus streaming

FLAC does have one major competitor: streaming. While Pandora and Rhapsody have existed for years, the low bit rate of their catalogs -- between 128kbps and 192kbps -- has meant that they're no match for FLAC in the audio department.
However there are two major streaming services that offer very high sound quality -- Spotify and Tidal -- and depending on the record, they can be indistinguishable from the CD. While Spotify is ripped in 320Kbps Ogg Vorbis, it's Tidal that offers the biggest alternative to personal collections as it's also based on FLAC. Both Spotify and Tidal let you download tracks for offline listening (with a paid subscription), and both catalogs are quite impressive.
But it's not just Tidal that offers lossless streaming: there are some up-and-comers as well. While CD-ripping service Murfie was one of the first sites to offer true-quality streaming, it's currently only for customers who pay an additional $99 fee, and only for the CDs they currently own. Meanwhile, Deezer Elite is another service that offers lossless streaming but currently only to users of Sonos.
Stars including Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Madonna, Deadmau5 and Kanye West called for a fairer deal at the launch of Jay Z's Tidal streaming service.Kevin Mazur/Getty
While the world is swiftly moving toward streaming, FLAC does offers several advantages over the Spotifys and Tidals of this world. Firstly, you only need to pay once for a FLAC album. With a streaming service, you'd need to pony up for a subscription fee for the rest of your life or lose access to your carefully curated music collection.
Secondly, you don't need an Internet connection to listen to your music, and while the Offline mode of both Tidal and Spotify enables you to use it on the subway, it still needs to be connected to the 'net at some point to get the files. What if your PMP doesn't have apps or network capability? For inexpensive players like the Sony A17, a set of FLAC files make the most sense.

Where can I get FLAC files?

If you want to support the artist, there are several sites that let you purchase FLAC files.HDTracks.com
There are two main ways to get your FLAC files legally: ripping from CD or purchasing from a digital store. Ripping is easy to do but you will need the right software for your computer. However, there are some devices that enable you to rip and store FLAC files on a networked hard drive without having to ever touch a PC; the Bluesound Vault is one of these.
If you'd rather pay someone else to do that for you, we cover our favorite sites for buying FLAC files here, but another good option, if you want to find music and don't know which label the musician is on, is to do a Google search for the name of the artist or album and "digital."

How do I play FLAC files?

FLAC Player is one of the many apps for iOS that enables FLAC playback.FLAC Player
iOS:There is arguably still one hurdle preventing FLAC's full-scale adoption: the Apple iPhone and other iOS devices don't support the format natively. With every major edition of iOS and iTunes, we secretly hope for FLAC support, but we may never get it. While Apple announced its Mastered for iTunes program several years ago, which offered the promise of 24-bit/44.1kHz downloads at some point in the future, the company has moved on to more profitable and immediate concerns such as Apple Music. Maybe. Interestingly, Apple was one of the last proponents of DRM but started phasing it out in 2007 with iTunes Plus.
However, there are several apps available in the iTunes Store that do support the format and even let you stream them between devices on your network via AirPlay and DLNA. MediaConnect, available from the App Store, has the most functionality and file support, but it can be a little daunting for beginners. There are several other apps including FLAC Player and Capriccio.
Android: Users of Google's smartphone don't need to worry as much about FLAC support; from Android 3.1 (Honeycomb) onward, the OS supports the file format natively. Even if you have an older version, manufacturers like HTC and Samsung have added FLAC support to their software media players. Nonetheless, good apps to try from Google Play are Player Pro, which also supports high-res and Bubble UPnP (which includes DLNA support and also Tidal integration).
Windows and Mac:If you're a Windows user, you can play FLAC files via a Windows Media Player plug-in, but the two native players most recommended by audiophiles are Media Monkey and JRiver. Mac users can download Fluke, which includes basic support for FLAC in iTunes or Songbird (also on PC).
Neil Young's Pono dreams soon to come true, Ep. 151
The PonoPlayer is arguably the most high-profile FLAC device.Sarah Tew
Portable: While Android MP3 players have dwindled in popularity, they have been replaced by high-res portable players like Sony's Walkman NWZ-ZX1 and the PonoPlayer that are designed to support FLAC natively, up to 24-bit/192kHz. Meanwhile, traditional PMPs by Sony, iRiver and FiiO can typically play back FLAC.
Getting quality that's measurably better than your smartphone will cost you though, with our current favorite, the Cowon Plenue 1, costing from $900 up. But players such as the Sony NWZ-A17 offer amazing battery life starting at about $300. See CNET's best players that support FLAC here.
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Hi-fi: Of course, the biggest advantage to FLAC files is that they are ideally suited to listening on a hi-fi device. In the last few years, a wealth of streaming audio players have appeared with lossless FLAC playback one of their many benefits. Samsung's Shape Multiroom system supports FLAC, as does themultiroom Sonos system and the inexpensive Gramofon dongle for existing hi-fi systems.
If you own a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device, PC, or even a smartphone you can serve FLAC files to any number of connected devices in your AV system including TVs, Roku boxes, receivers and more. If the device connects to the Internet it's most likely to also support DLNA, and though FLAC isn't officially part of the DLNA specification, it usually comes along for the ride anyway.

Conclusion

Though streaming services may come and go, and even the long-term prospects of Spotify are not assured, a FLAC file is like a CD: once you buy it or rip it, it's yours forever (barring storage catastrophes). FLAC may never actually supplant MP3, but if you care about sound quality, then FLAC is undoubtedly your best option -- both now and into the foreseeable future.
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